The Blue Lakes, east of Ukiah, is said to be home to a "dragon-like creature, 20 feet long" which was reported in 1870,1871 and 1872. In 1872 the local "Pomo" spotted the "dragon" and gathered at Temescal, at Quercus Ranch to conduct a Misha Dance in expecation of a terrible calamity. It is said to appear once a "century" and its appearance is said to signify dire news.
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The Monster of Blue Lakes
1872 -legendary 'Monster of Blue Lakes' or 'Devil Fish' is again spotted and causes Indians from all around to gather at temescal at Quercus Ranch to await an expected calamity (the Misha Dance). http://www.orgsites.com/ca/johnwaynepizzapubclub/_pgg8.php3
Coven Notes:
Quercus Ranch means Oak Ranch (Latin). It is in Kelseyville, off Soda bay road.
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An animated storyteller, Lizzie would later entertain her children with bedtime stories about the “Monster of Blue Lakes,” or “Devil Fish,”—which according to Native American tradition -inhabited clear lake. The devil fish was said to appear once a decade. Native Americans believed that if you laid eyes on it, bad luck would follow." Opal Whitely (was committed after being found
Adopted partent, Lizzie, told stories of lake monster. Native americans believed to see it was bad luck -
Play of Colors: The Legend of Opal Whiteley, by Germaine Cross http://books.google.com/books?id=PjgHDGOx004C&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=%22Monster+of+Blue+Lakes%22&source=bl&ots
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Mysterious creatures: a guide to cryptozoology, Volume 1
By George M. Eberhart
"Blue Lakes, east of Ukiah. A dragonlike animal, 20 feet long, was reported in 1870 and 1871. Hector Lee, Heroes, Villains and Ghosts: Folklore of Old California (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Capra Press, 1984), pp. 151-155 (This was obtained from http://books.google.com/books?id=z9gMsCUtCZUC&pg=PA680&lpg=PA680&dq=lake+county+california+blue+lakes+mon
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LAKE COUNTY DIAMONDS Also called "Moon Tears": Semi-precious stones of volcanic origin found nowhere else in the world! While not equal in hardness they have been used commercially and are capable of cutting glass and almost as brilliant as diamonds. According to legend a Pomo Indian and the Moon fell in love. The Moon could not stay with the Chieftain because she was needed by the people to light the night sky and mark the seasons. When she left, she wept "Moon Tears" which became diamonds.
Lake County "Diamonds" (aka Moon Tears) http://crystalsandjewelry.com/metaphysicalproperties_l.html
Lake County "Diamonds" aka Moon Tears or Konocti Diamonds, are not actually diamonds, though they sparkle enough to be given a name like a diamond. They are a clear silicon dioxide (quartz) that is almost pure, although sometimes they are found in shades of lavender, pink or yellow. They are found only near Mt. Konocti in Lake County, California.According to an Indian legend. the Moon fell in love with a Pomo Indian chieftain. The moon could not stay with the chieftain because she had to light the sky at night and mark the seasons. She was so sad to leave her chieftain that she wept, and her tears were solidified as "Moon Tears" or Lake County Diamonds. As a type of quartz, they also share the properties of quartz, such as power, energy, protection and others as well as having their own metaphysical energies. Metaphysically, Moon Tears are said to relieve grief and sadness, and bright Light to feelings of depression or worthlessness. They also bring Goddess and Moon energy with a clear strong energy. Moon Tears are related primarily to the heart and crown chakras.
Clear Lake, the 43,000-acre center of Lake County, it may very well be the oldest lake in North America as scientific evidence has proven the lake to be at least 150,000 years old. The area took shape from volcanic action; Clear Lake's current form was created by a landslide thousands of years age which blocked the broad valley's drainage west into the Russian River. The water rose until it found a new outlet, Cache Creek, which drains eastward into the Sacramento River. An eutropic lake - meaning its waters are warm and full of life - the lake is the largest natural freshwater lake within California's borders
SOURCE
http://books.google.com/books?id=PjgHDGOx004C&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=%22Monster+of+Blue+Lakes%22&source=bl&ots
History of Lake County
http://www.orgsites.com/ca/johnwaynepizzapubclub/_pgg8.php3
Lake County History Timeline - Part Two [1871-1900] http://community-2.webtv.net/jbond008/lchist/page3.html
More on Opal Whitely
Whiteley claimed to be the daughter of Henri, Prince of Orléans, who died unmarried in 1901. According to Whiteley, she was taken to Oregon in 1902 and brought to a lumber camp where she was adopted by Ed and Lizzie Whiteley. While Opal Whiteley used several names during her lifetime, the one she preferred and was later buried under was Françoise Marie de Bourbon-Orléans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opal_Whiteley
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POMO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomo_people
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Other major California Beasties
Tessie - Lake Tahoe, California is the home to a water creature known to the locals as Tessie. The snake-like creature is said to be over 60 feet in length with dark skin. There has been video tape of the creature swimming in the lake. The Washoe Indians had stories in the 1800's of a similar creature inhabiting the lake.
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Prairie-Falcon, Chicken-Hawk and the Monster has a female water monster named Shanwawa in it who grows furious at two hunters who strike her thieving baby in the eye.... link: http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/viewPage.cgi?showp&size&id=nai.14.book.00000263&volume=14#n
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water cougar takes a girl http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/viewPage.cgi?showp&size&id=nai.14.book.00000249&volume=14#n
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